which 939 overclocking board for my system

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Hello avid motherboard forum gurus! I've used an Asus a8n-sli deluxe board for a long time, but recently switched it over to my htpc since the northbridge fan died and bought a cheap open box Biostar TForce4Sli board from newegg to put in my gaming computer. I read a couple of reviews over the biostar that all said it was a stable, well overclockable board...however this is far from the truth unless by overclocking they meant 5mhz or something and stable as in for the limited amount of time you keep everything at stock speeds. Anyways my system is a Fx 60 with a Vigor Gaming Monsoon 2 TEC cooler, 2 gigs of high performance ram, xfx 8800gts 320mbs, a corsair(seasonic) 520w psu, and a sata 320 gig drive all wrapped up in a lian li pc65b.

Everything I have besides the board is quality to my knowledge for overclocking and stability...so i ask you which board was/is the best for 939? There are still quite a few 'new' 939 boards on ebay and 24 or so on newegg so hopefully one of your recommendations will be attainable. Thanks ahead of time!
 
I just received the Abit AT8 32X, awesome board! I didn't feel like going AM2, waste of money.

So far I have overclocked my cpu 200mhz over stock without touching the voltage and stability has been rock solid.

If you have any questions about it, let me know.
 
What kind of OCing problems are you having? Did you read Eclipse's guide and see what's failing you?
 
It booted on the first try! This was the direction everybody sent me in after my a8n32-sli deluxe burned out the 2nd pci-e slot. I don't regret it yet.

I ordered it on Saturday and have it in and running...watercooling and all already.

I'm stoked!!
 
If you have the time, no question, DFI will give the best overclock. If you dont... Abit or Asus. My first 939 board was a biostar and it was great but the chipset limited me at 300mhz for my OC. So I went to Asus and got to 337. Do your homework and get the one you want.. not the one everyone on this forum wants you to get.
 
DFI. Hands down best S939 overclocking mobos. Make sure to get something with a NF4 chipset since the 5 series chipset is rubbish. Oh yeah, and make sure to pick up an HR-05 SLI chipset cooler.
 
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